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Run Elite by Andrew Snow

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Ultracat Jul 2024 8:37am, 25 Jul 2024 15,712 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat I have purchased the book. So far I have read the introduction. Anyone else got the book and has it been a useful asset to your training.
Dvorak Jul 2024 8:59am, 25 Jul 2024 27,914 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak I don't have it, but @Velociraptor mentioned it in a blog yesterday.
Velociraptor Jul 2024 9:18am, 25 Jul 2024 70,071 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I've bought it and read it all the way through very recently after @EvilPixie made some references to it in her blog. TBH, I'm not particularly impressed. I thought it was all over the place. Not sure how much to put on here by way of "spoilers". But see what you think. (A reviewer on Amazon has debunked some of the anecdotes about famous athletes.)
EvilPixie Jul 2024 9:26am, 25 Jul 2024 56,244 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie The antidotes are not that believable all the time! There is some good ideas but agree does dot about I’ve not actually finished! Read the first half non stop pretty much though
Velociraptor Jul 2024 9:33am, 25 Jul 2024 70,074 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor The USP training sessions suggested subsequently rather contradict the earlier earnest assurances that PBs 20-odd years into your running career are all about mindset, religious faith and love for your old mother. Any one of them would leave me broken, especially if I tried it on a diet of raw green vegetables and no supper.
Ultracat Jul 2024 9:42am, 25 Jul 2024 15,713 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat Interesting, thanks for your thoughts, will read the book with caution then
Left Foot Jul 2024 9:48am, 25 Jul 2024 415 posts	Quote Pin Left Foot I follow him on YouTube. He's been through the Tony Robbins school of personal transformation or whatever it's called, so he has a certain approach to things that is usually very positive but sometimes slightly short of realistic. I like what he says about doing lots of base training peppered with strides and still being able to do well, rather than really complicated workouts with lots of measuring. For other bits of advice I'm pushed the suspend my latent British cynicism. The book's on my list for birthday or Christmas just on the grounds that he cheers me up, and is "interesting".
Velociraptor Jul 2024 10:02am, 25 Jul 2024 70,075 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Interesting, @Left Foot I think the safest approach for many runners might be to go no further than the base training advice to think happy thoughts and do lots of slow running (the actual pace for my own aspirational marathon time don't work out mind-numbingly slow) with some hill sprints/strides. The progressive training blocks appear quite sound in themselves and much the same as what most other marathon training book authors advise, and I like his take on the taper. A chapter on a supplement that doesn't actually exist but can possibly be replicated by eating tons of raw broccoli, though ... stuff like that, and the "lost 25lb in 5 weeks on a plant based diet" throwaway, might lead someone who's, er, British, to doubt the credibility of the whole thing.
EvilPixie Jul 2024 12:07pm, 25 Jul 2024 56,250 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie I agree with his thoughts on base training and will be aiming to do this! I ignored the lost 25kb thing as ridiculous
Ultracat Jul 2024 1:05pm, 25 Jul 2024 15,714 posts	Quote Pin Ultracat I won’t be following a plant based diet. I am still run/walking after my knee injury but running more and walking less this week. Will run/walk fit into this training